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Storytelling for Civic Engagement

Data-Driven Stories that Inspire People to Act

Rebecca ArnoThe Denver Foundation

rarno@denverfoundation.org@TDFcommunity

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Digital Strategies for Community and Place-Based Foundations

May 9, 2014

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Morristown, New Jersey

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http://floodlightproject.org

“...the Floodlight posting was sent out in the DPS Newsletter and reached all district employees, allowing for more donated car seats from people who may not have seen the story on the news.” – Matt Dodge, Denver Public Schools

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A free web platform to create and share compelling, visual, data-driven digital stories about community issues that inspire people to act

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http://floodlightproject.org

http://floodlightproject.org

Community Foundations:

A Force for Storytelling and Civic Engagement

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Grand Rapids:

The Rapidian

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Winnipeg:

Community News

Commons

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Building a community of storytellers online and on-the-ground

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Story-Raisings: Teaching new skills, spreading inspiration, building confidence, jumping right in to storytelling

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Student Story Navigators: Building capacity in organizations by helping with digital storytelling and social media

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Story Champions:

Coordinate efforts, offer accountability, wrangle multiple storytellers, maintain clear and actionable message

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Next StepsWhere do we go from here…

Focusing on an audience: Donors

Dissemination to donor audience: incentive to storytellers

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Rebecca ArnoThe Denver Foundation

rarno@denverfoundation.org@TDFcommunity